tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435782381398776888.post4606729443805530488..comments2024-03-25T07:14:42.571+00:00Comments on OF INTEREST TO LAWYERS: Supreme ambition, jealousy and outrage - Times OnlineA Barrister in Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022693708807443338noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435782381398776888.post-86916935585599677482010-02-04T11:17:46.242+00:002010-02-04T11:17:46.242+00:00The whole selection process for the 12th Justice o...The whole selection process for the 12th Justice ought to be recommenced with an entirely different selection panel. Somehow, I doubt that they will do this but unless they do questions will remain. Who would want any position with questions hanging over one's appointment?<br><br>Lord Mance most definitely should NOT have got involved given that his wife was a candidate. Whatever the motivation, it does not look at all right and that, in itself, ought to vitiate the whole process.<br><br>It also appears to outsiders that this peerage/no peerage issue is distorting the process. Another good reason to either make all Supreme Court Justices peers or none of them. Personally, I would prefer the latter route but it would only be achievable over time commencing (hopefully) with the next appointment.ObiterJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04544226917595022902noreply@blogger.com